Manager, FP&A New New York, New York, United States

AlphaSense, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 112,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaSense, Inc. is seeking a senior FP&A professional to own forecasting, budgeting, and reporting for its fastest‑growing cost centers.

You will build and maintain models for content royalties, AI/LLM infrastructure, and related contracts, partnering with Content, Product, Engineering, and Procurement to inform resource allocation. The ideal candidate has 4+ years in FP&A, strong modeling skills, and a track record in consumption‑based businesses.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics or relevant degree. MBA or relevant certification (e.g. CFA/CPA) is a plus.
• 4+ years of relevant experience in FP&A
• Strong preference for candidates from a consumption-based / usage-based business (e.g. cloud or AI/ML infrastructure, data or content licensing, or usage-billed SaaS) who understand variable cost drivers and how spend scales with consumption
• Solid command of COGS, gross margin, and unit economics
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Capable of communicating complex financial information in an easy-to-understand format
• Strong business partnership experience, with the desire to work cross functionally to drive alignment across the business
• Expert financial modeling skills
• Entrepreneurial self-starter, comfortable with a high level of ownership
• Experience with Adaptive Insights, Salesforce, NetSuite, and visualization tools (Tableau) a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead all forecasting, budgeting, and reporting for content royalties, the expert transcript library, and AI/LLM infrastructure costs
• Build and maintain models for content royalty payments, revenue-share and content-provider commitments, and expert transcript library economics
• Model AI/LLM consumption and inference costs; partner with Procurement and Legal on model-provider contracts, including usage tiers, minimum commitments, and true-up mechanics
• Develop unit economics and gross margin analysis tied to consumption drivers, and reporting on efficiency, capitalization (ASC 350-40), and ROI on new AI features
• Partner cross-functionally to help budget holders understand spend relative to targets and answer key questions on resource allocation and trade-offs
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly financial materials, including internal, Board, and investor reporting packages, with a focus on strategic insights and story-telling
• Contribute to overall improvements across FP&A processes as we drive towards IPO readiness

Skills

Forecasting

Budgeting

Financial modeling

Cross-functional

Communication

Ownership

IPO readiness

Education

BS in Finance

MBA or CFA/CPA

Tools

Adaptive Insights

Salesforce

NetSuite

Tableau

Job description

The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content.

The acquisition of Tegus by AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. Come join us!

About the Team:

The FP&A team partners with executive team members across the company to provide timely, fact‑based, data‑driven decision support to help drive critical business decisions. The team drives annual planning, owns the operating plan and long‑term financial model, and is responsible for both internal and external Board reporting.

About the Role:

In this highly visible role, you will own the financial modeling and forecasting for AlphaSense's largest and fastest‑growing cost centers: the expert transcript library, AI/LLM and royalty infrastructure. As AlphaSense scales its generative AI capabilities and content universe, these are consumption‑driven costs that sit at the heart of gross margin and unit economics. You will partner closely with Content, Product, Engineering, and Procurement leaders to influence resource allocation and support strategic investment decisions. The ideal candidate combines expert financial modeling with a strong grasp of variable, usage‑based cost structures — and comes from a consumption‑based business where they have owned that kind of modeling firsthand.

Who You Are:

• BS degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics or relevant degree. MBA or relevant certification (e.g. CFA/CPA) is a plus.
• 4+ years of relevant experience in FP&A
• Strong preference for candidates from a consumption‑based / usage‑based business (e.g. cloud or AI/ML infrastructure, data or content licensing, or usage‑billed SaaS) who understand variable cost drivers and how spend scales with consumption
• Solid command of COGS, gross margin, and unit economics
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Capable of communicating complex financial information in an easy‑to‑understand format
• Strong business partnership experience, with the desire to work cross functionally to drive alignment across the business
• Expert financial modeling skills
• Entrepreneurial self‑starter, comfortable with a high level of ownership
• Experience with Adaptive Insights, Salesforce, NetSuite, and visualization tools (Tableau) a plus

What You’ll Do:

• Lead all forecasting, budgeting, and reporting for content royalties, the expert transcript library, and AI/LLM infrastructure costs
• Build and maintain models for content royalty payments, revenue‑share and content‑provider commitments, and expert transcript library economics
• Model AI/LLM consumption and inference costs; partner with Procurement and Legal on model‑provider contracts, including usage tiers, minimum commitments, and true‑up mechanics
• Develop unit economics and gross margin analysis tied to consumption drivers, and reporting on efficiency, capitalization (ASC 350‑40), and ROI on new AI features
• Partner cross‑functionally to help budget holders understand spend relative to targets and answer key questions on resource allocation and trade‑offs
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly financial materials, including internal, Board, and investor reporting packages, with a focus on strategic insights and story‑telling
• Contribute to overall improvements across FP&A processes as we drive towards IPO readiness

For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function and level benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed below.

You may also be offered a performance‑based bonus, equity, and a generous benefits program.

Base Compensation Range

$112,000 - $154,000 USD

Equal Opportunity Employer

AlphaSense is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non‑merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.

In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.